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Subject: Re: [office-comment] Schema copyright
Bob, Bob Jolliffe wrote: > Hi Alex > > Perhaps one way to move forward would be to raise a defect report > against IS 26300 complaining about the schema licensing? > > > Yes this would be one way of ensuring it is addressed. > > But I would also be extremely reluctant to present this as a > particular problem with ODF. I just took a look at the ISO29500 > schemas from the ITTF free downloadable site and I see that they have > exactly the same problem. In fact in some ways it is perhaps worse as > they have no copyright statement at all on them. Perhaps there are > people who think that the absence of a copyright statement means that > they are in some way public domain. Which might be the cause of > Murata-san's confusion. But in fact, not only do you not have licence > but it is also not clear who you would get a licence from. The > ECMA376 schemas are the same. > Yes, under the Berne Convention, copyright attaches at the moment of creation, without any special language, dating, etc. > So it seems that OASIS, ECMA and ISO might be in need of some movement > here. And probably others. Anyway, the ODF issue has been raised now > on the comment list and I will raise it internally with the TC and OASIS. > A broader resolution of the issue would be better but won't be quick. Hope you are having a great day! Patrick > Regards > Bob > > > > > This could be > tabled for the upcoming WG6 Paris meeting. Then the formal process > would > have to grind through to some solution - it's going to take lawyers, > rather than us techies, to sort it out so I suspect the impetus of a > formal process is needed to get action. > > > > -- Patrick Durusau patrick@durusau.net Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
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